The WellBeing Centre

18/08/2026

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09/07/2026

Nine small courtesies have been doing the rounds online. Do not force conversation on someone giving short replies. Do not act casual when you are late. Keep confidences. Put the phone away. Return what you borrow. Never correct someone publicly. Do not overstay your welcome. Appreciate support even in private. Do not ignore messages for days and expect the same energy back.
It reads as a list of manners. Look again and it is a lesson in how relationships work.
Every one of these is about coordination. We do not simply exchange information, we make meaning together, turn by turn. The short reply, the late arrival, the unreturned message: each is a move in a conversation, and each invites a response. Ignore enough of them and the story people tell about working with you quietly changes. Meaning accumulates.
Trust in a team is not built in the away day or the values statement on the wall. It is built in whether you put the phone down, kept the confidence, noticed it was time to leave.
And when diaries or geography will not allow a meeting in person, the camera is always an option. A video call with your full attention is worth more than a room you are only half present in.
The story we tell about a colleague is stitched together from a hundred tiny moments. Worth choosing them carefully.
Dervil

30/12/2025

1/ Thoughts create feelings
The same event can cause joy or despair
It depends entirely on how you interpret it
Change the thought, change the emotion

2/ Automatic thoughts lie to you
"I'm worthless" feels like truth
But feelings aren't facts
These thoughts can be examined and challenged

3/ Thinking errors follow patterns
Catastrophizing. Black-and-white thinking. Mind-reading.
Once you see them, you can change them

4/ Skills beat insight
Understanding why you're depressed isn't enough
You need practical tools to think differently
Practice literally rewires the brain

25/12/2025

Christmas is a hard time for some.

The expectation of family, friendship and connection is hard on some.

Drinking and the supposed party season can have the opposite effect on some.

The incidence if loneliness, depression and violence can increase for some.

Please remember you are not alone...there is help out there! Keep in touch, reach out, remember things can always get better.

16/12/2025

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